Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth replaced Wade Zirkle as Executive Director of the pro-war in Iraq Vets for Freedom in May 2007[1][2] and became its full-time Executive Director on July 9, 2007.[3]
Hegseth is a Policy Specialist[4] at the Center for the American University[5] at the conservative Manhattan Institute think tank. According to his July 2007 speaker's profile for the New York Young Republican Club, Inc., Hegseth "plans to pursue a Masters in Public Policy" at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs[6] at Princeton University in fall 2007.[7]
Hegseth served "served two overseas tours with the U.S. Army, serving as an infantry platoon leader in Iraq and Cuba. In between tours, Mr. Hegseth worked as an analyst" at Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc..[8]
On May 9, 2007, Hegseth, described as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. National Guard, appeared on Chris Matthews' MSNBC show Hardball as a spokesman for Republican Party front group Vets for Freedom.[9] At the time, Hegseth's name did not appear on the VFF website.[10]
Hegseth is an alumnus of Princeton University's James Madison Program.[11]
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On abuse of detainees at Gitmo
"There is abuse at Gitmo, as our Witherspoon Fellowship Alumnus, 1/LT Pete Hegseth, has said: it's the detainees abusing their guards. They are the ones who throw bodily waste on the guards and hit their own Korans!"[12]
Profiles
Hegseth grew up in Forest Lake, Minnesota, and graduated from high school there. "Hegseth attended Princeton University on an ROTC scholarship and graduated in 2003."[13][14]
At Princeton, Hegseth was a Witherspoon Fellow[15], played guard on the Princeton Tigers men's college basketball team[16], and was Publisher Editor-in-Chief of The Princeton Tory.[17]
Hegseth served in Guantanamo Bay "on a security mission with his National Guard unit and, upon his return from Cuba, he volunteered to join the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division for their deployment to Iraq from 2005-2006. Serving as an infantry Platoon Leader and an assistant Civil-Military Operations officer in Baghdad as well as Samarra, Lt. Hegseth earned the Combat Infantryman's Badge and Bronze Star Medal for his time in Iraq."[18]
First Lieutenant Pete Hegseth served as an infantry platoon leader and civil-military operations officer in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division.[19]
Articles by Pete Hegseth
- "Not your average publication," The Daily Princetonian, April 17, 2002.
- "More Troops, Please. 'Not losing' isn't the same as winning," WSJ OpinionJournal, October 3, 2006; Read into the record by Rep. John Shadegg, Iraq Debate: Floor Speech #3, February 14, 2007.
- "The 'bare-minimum approach' to Iraq isn't working," Princeton Alumni Weekly, November 8, 2006.
- "Reality Check for the Antiwar Crowd," Washington Post, June 25, 2007.
Resources and articles
References
- ↑ "More time, please," Power Line Blog, May 21, 2007. Includes Hegseth quote from Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
- ↑ "Reality Check for the Antiwar Crowd," Washington Post, June 25, 2007.
- ↑ "Vets for Freedom... Win the War?", SWAC Girl Blog, July 12, 2007.
- ↑ Staff, Manahattan Institute, accessed July 5, 2007.
- ↑ Manhattan Institute website].
- ↑ Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, website.
- ↑ Scheduled Speakers, July 12, 2007 Speakers Forum, NYYRC website.
- ↑ About Us, Minding the Campus, Manhattan Institute, accessed July 16, 2007.
- ↑ Transcript: Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC, May 9, 2007.
- ↑ Verified May 9, 2007.
- ↑ Manhattan Institute website.
- ↑ "Judicial Activism Endangers All," Family Research Council, January 12, 2007.
- ↑ Katherine Kersten, "A Guardsman's view of Guantanamo," Minneapolis Star Tribune (archived), June 27, 2005.
- ↑ "Congratulations Army Lieutenants of the Class of 2003," Princeton University Army ROTC.
- ↑ "Iraq: A Warrior's Perspective," Family Research Council, November 9, 2006.
- ↑ "Men College Basketball: Princeton Tigers: Pete Hegseth-G," Sports Illustrated/CNN, April 8, 2003.
- ↑ "ROTC Makes a Comeback on Campus," 2002 Year in Review, U.S. Department of Defense, December 31, 2002: "Cadet Pete Hegseth, a Princeton senior, will serve four years in the Army after graduating with a degree in political science. 'What drew me was basically a deep sense inside myself that there was a duty to fulfill,' says Hegseth."
- ↑ "Iraq: A Warrior's Perspective," Family Research Council, November 9, 2006.
- ↑ Pete Hegseth, "More Troops, Please. 'Not losing' isn't the same as winning," WSJ OpinionJournal, October 3, 2006.
Related SourceWatch articles
External articles
- Contact: Pete Hegseth, VERITAS Fund, DonorsTrust.org.
- Caroline Bone '03, Letters to the Editor: "No 'gratuitous diversity' at this University," The Daily Princetonian, April 17, 2002.
- Sallie Langston '03, "The worthy goal of diversity," The Daily Princetonian, April 17, 2002.
- The Princeton Tory, May 2002.
- Ben Goldstein, "Men's Basketball Makes History With Its First Winless Ivy Season," Columbia Daily Spectator, March 10, 2003.
- "Why We Care," Ivy League Sports, March 11, 2003. Scroll down to fourth paragraph on Hegseth.
- Photo Album, "Congratulations Army Lieutenants of the Class of 2003," Princeton University, June 17, 2003.
- John Hinderraker, "Let's Hear From Someone Who's Served There," Power Line Blog, June 21, 2005.
- John Hinderaker, "A Guantanamo Vet Speaks," Power Line Blog, June 22, 2005.
- Joe Drennan, "1999 FLHS grad ships off to Iraq this week," Forest Lake Times, September 14, 2005.
- "A word from Lt. Hegseth, take 2," Power Line Blog, June 8, 2006.
- Jonathan Zebrowski, "In their shared pain, some find a new sense of purpose. The military represented a higher calling for some, but for others, the cost of serving wasn't worth it," The Daily Princetonian, September 13, 2006.
- "FRC To Host Lecture Featuring Iraq War Veteran," Family Research Council, November 8, 2006.
- "Army Officer: Wounded Are Owed Prayers and Thanks This Veterans Day," Associated Press (KXMB.com), November 10, 2006. re Hegseth's FRC speech
- "Young Evangelicals Urge Efforts to Stop Global Warming," Associated Press (KXMB.com), November 17, 2006.
- John Shadegg, "We can run but we can't hide," Townhall.com, December 6, 2006.
- Stephen Spruiell, First Lt. Hegseth Takes the Hill Fighting for freedom — in Iraq, in Washington, National Review Online, July 18, 2007.
